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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

рука́

noun, female, inanimate
very often used word (#47)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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Translation

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hand

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arm

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handwriting

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Examples

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У короле́й дли́нные руки. Kings have long arms.
Ты не отпу́стишь ру́ку? Would you please let go of my arm?
Она помаха́ла мне руко́й на проща́ние. She waved goodbye to me.
Мужчи́ны пожа́ли руки. The two men shook hands.
Вре́мя взять ноги в руки. It's time to get to work.
Не ла́пай мои́ кни́ги гря́зными рука́ми. Don't handle my books with dirty hands.
Он пойма́л её ру́ку. He caught her hand.
Я обжёг ру́ку утюго́м. I burned my hand with an iron.
Полице́йский пойма́л во́ра за ру́ку. The policeman took the thief by the arm.
Она горди́лась тем, что пожа́ла ру́ку президе́нту США. She was proud that she had shaken hands with the President of the U.S.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	рука́	ру́ки
gen. genitive	руки́	ру́к
dat. dative	руке́	рука́м
acc. accusative	ру́ку	ру́ки
inst. instrumental	руко́й	рука́ми
prep. prepositional	руке́	рука́х